Rhythm and Blues (genre)

PASSINGS: Robert Dickey

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Robert Dickey Member of soul duo James and Bobby Purify Robert Dickey, 72, a guitarist and singer in the soul duo James and Bobby Purify, which recorded the 1960s hit song "I'm Your Puppet," died Dec. 29 in his hometown of Tallahassee, Fla. No cause was...

Pop music spring preview: Notable concerts and albums in the coming weeks

2011-03-04 16:35:20

Teddy Pendergrass dies at 59; quintessential R&B boudoir crooner

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Teddy Pendergrass, the soul singer who combined hyper-romantic love songs with a virile, sexy stage presence to become the quintessential R&B boudoir crooner before a 1982 car accident left him paralyzed, died Wednesday in his native Philadelphia. He...

Pop music and jazz figures

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...

The soul of Ike & Tina Turner

2008-01-01 00:00:00

The pop world has focused for so long on the remarkably sensual energy and excitement of Ike & Tina Turner's old live show that it is often easy to forget the duo also made some dynamic records. But even if you have wanted to go back and check up on the...

Winehouse proves to be too big for her tent

2007-04-28 00:00:00

At Coachella, it's not the size of the tent you're performing in, but the size of the crowd trying to fit into it. And on Friday evening, the huge crowd that gathered to hear British soul singer Amy Winehouse sing her messed-up-in-love songs completely...

Eddie Bo dies at 78; blues singer, pianist and songwriter

2009-03-22 00:00:00

Eddie Bo, a New Orleans blues singer-pianist who worked with musicians such as Irma Thomas and Art Neville, died Wednesday of a heart attack, according to his booking agent, Karen Hamilton. He was 78. Eddie Bo, whose real name was Edwin Joseph Bocage,...

The Queen holds court with new release

2007-10-02 00:00:00

Despite distinguished work by Jill Scott, D'Angelo and other neo-soul artists in recent years, no single album captured the heart and intensity of classic soul music as fully as Angie Stone's "Mahogany Soul." Stone's 2001 CD reflected the spirit of Ray...

Jazmine Sullivan's big night: 5 Grammy nominations

2008-12-04 16:59:56

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2009 Grammy themes: The Winehouse effect, the perfect album and M.I.A.

2008-12-04 17:49:32

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Backtracking: The box set gift guide

2008-12-12 15:42:00

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2009 Grammy Awards live!

2009-02-08 22:08:18

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RB singer Gladys Knight held her own and got a good workout as a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" (Knight claims she lost 60 pounds during the show). But we prefer that the multiple award-winning soul singer stick with singing and put up her dancing shoes.

2012-05-31 08:05:00

Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday brings a gift of soul-stirring music. Walt Whitman's Soul Children of Chicago also perform at the Holliday for the Holidays show. Why go: And we are telling you, you won't want to go anywhere else to hear Holliday sing Broadway, RB, soul and gospel.

2011-11-30 15:06:18

Wilson is also reaching out to fans and the public at large as a Prostate Cancer Foundation spokesman, having been diagnosed himself and having lost his father to prostate cancer. 7 p.m. Saturday at Country Club Hills Theater, 4116 W. 183rd St.

2011-09-01 14:07:57